Rainy days · Connecticut
How often does it rain in Hartford?
Hartford’s rain is steady and well insured, which feels right for the town.
Hartford gets measurable rain or snow on about 130 days a year, adding up to about 47 inches.
November usually brings Hartford about 10 wet days and 3.5 inches. The wettest month is usually May, with about 12 wet days, and the driest is September, with about 9 wet days. That makes Hartford number 33 of the 129 US cities we track, rainiest first.
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Rainy days, month by month
| Month | Wet days | Inches |
|---|---|---|
| January | 11 | 3.3 |
| February | 10 | 3.1 |
| March | 11 | 3.8 |
| April | 12 | 3.9 |
| May | 12 | 3.8 |
| June | 12 | 4.3 |
| July | 11 | 4.2 |
| August | 10 | 4.2 |
| September | 9 | 4.4 |
| October | 11 | 4.5 |
| November | 10 | 3.5 |
| December | 12 | 4.1 |
Cities with about as many rainy days
- Asheville, North Carolina: about 130 wet days a year
- Portland, Maine: about 131 wet days a year
- Knoxville, Tennessee: about 129 wet days a year
Source: NOAA daily precipitation records for the Hartford area, 1991 to 2020 (at least 30 complete years behind every month), via the Applied Climate Information System. A wet day here means at least a hundredth of an inch of rain or melted snow.